Il ritratto di Elsa Greer

Poirot re-opens a murder case that everyone assumes has been solved. And solves it for real. Because of course he does! But don't let the title get your hopes up, there are no pigs in this story. Years ago a famous and talented artist had an affair with the beautiful subject of one of his paintings. Th Leggi tutto

The best thing that can be said about this book is that you get a lot of Poirot. He is present in almost every page where there are no notes that had been written by the characters. We are privy to his thoughts. Not only that, but the Poirot we see is almost human. He is normal, foreign, but normal. Leggi tutto

‘What are you going to do?’‘I am going to visit these five people-and from each one I am going to get his or her own story.’Superintendent Hale sighed with a deep melancholy.He said: ‘Man, you’re nuts! None of their stories are going to agree! Don’t you grasp that elementary fact? No two people reme Leggi tutto

Five Little Pigs is the 25th book in the Hercule Poirot series by Dame Agatha Christie. My friend Medhat reminded me that Christie's birthday was this month, so we agreed to read a few of her books together. I've probably finished at least 50% of her novels and usually read them out of order (a rari Leggi tutto

Maldita sea Agatha! Deja de hacerme sentir tan tonto 😂 Es innegable el talento de Agatha Christie, con casa novela recuerdo lo original que es para traer casos a las páginas. Hercules Poirot se va encaminando a ser uno de mis personajes favoritos por lo increíble que es. Uno creería que la gran cantid Leggi tutto

Deceived again! Well played, Christie. Well played.

This review and other non-spoilery reviews can be found @The Book Prescription “Ah, but my dear sir, the why must never be obvious. That is the whole point.” It is no secret that I am a fan of Agatha! The idea of a lady writing mystery/ murder novels almost a decade ago and they are so smart and good Leggi tutto